Example sentences of "[to-vb] for a few [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I gave it away I believe I was still playing well enough to continue for a few more years , but I had had enough , and it was time to consider the family . |
| 2 | Here the footpath ended so we had to walk for a few hundred yards along a stretch of country road . |
| 3 | One thing is clear : Islam flourishes like a hardy plant wherever it springs up , and a tradition that has endured for over 1,300 years is sure to endure for a few more . |
| 4 | If feeding and antibiotics continued to be administered Tony could be expected to live for a few more years . |
| 5 | The future fate of the Universe is not one of humanity 's more pressing problems : on this scale nothing drastic is likely to happen for a few hundred billion years yet . |